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New York Giants Cutdown Day (75-Man) Scorecard

August 26th, 2014 at 10:00 AM By Dan Benton

Cutdown day is a brutal day across the NFL, and there will be two of them this week. The first, which requires teams to trim their roster from 90 players to 75 players, will conclude at the end of business on Tuesday. And for the New York Giants, that means they will need to officially release, waive or otherwise designate a total of 15 players.

Because information on departing players comes in drips and drabs, we here at Giants 101 offer you the following "scorecard" (of sorts) to better help you keep track of all of Big Blue's moves throughout the day. But please keep in mind that some players listed as waived/released may actually have been given a different designation — at least that has happened in the past. So until the team makes it official, don't be too quick to say goodbye to a player you were rooting for.

"Wanna thank the New York Giants for giving me the opportunity to start my career in the National Football League. Things happen in life for a reason [and] I can leave this place with a smile because I know I gave it everything I had everyday. Shocked? Hell yes! But I guess that's how the business goes. Gonna miss my guys DRC, Vic Cruz, Prince and a lot more we had some good times but the one person I'll miss the most is my big brother Antrel — you showed me a lot taught me a lot and I looked up to you thanks for everything. I'd be lying if I say this didn't motivate me haha looks like the Charles James underdog story continues! GOD is good man!"

"I want to thank the New York Giants organization for this tremendous opportunity to live my dream of playing in the NFL and being apart of a first class organization. I've been through disappointment before and all it does is make me stronger! Things happen that are outta of our control and that's life! It's easy to believe in God when things are perfect but what you gonna do when things don't go your way? I'll be back!"

If they cut Donnell (which they probably won’t) I would bet he wouldn’t be claimed by anyone and would be sitting by the phone if they ever for some reason wanted him back.

They OUGHT to cut someone who would surprise the players and get their attention in a hurry. The lack of focus is ridiculous.

Just one glaring example: Paysinger (whom I happen to like) completely misses an assignment against the Jets and allows a tight end to get absolutely free in the end zone with no one within ten yards of him. He’s a veteran. How does that happen? Did he get chewed out on the sideline? I’m guessing not. Just a calm approach “Hey, this is what you should have done.” You think if Bill Parcells was coaching this team the guy would have been treated that way? Maybe these kids need more fear instilled in them. The rational, positive, approach doesn’t seem to be working.

DO u remember that TC came aboard to bring discipline to this team. Where the H**l has that gone. Time to march these guys back on the field and line up on the 5 and 10 yard lines as he did in the beginning of his stewardship.

I’d be shocked if Paysinger is cut. I think that would be a HUGE mistake.

Holliday and Cox definitely should be cut. I’m on the fence about Manningham because I have no idea if he CAN get healthy. Depends upon the medical reports. I still am convinced Coughlin will not go into the season without one more veteran receiver than Cruz and Randle. He obviously doesn’t love Jernigan (we know Mara and Reese do like him so it had to be Coughlin who was the “disputant” when we heard about the internal dissension in regard to this guy). I suspect he is hoping Manningham shows well on Thursday so he can keep him. I suspect that won’t happen because of Mario’s knee, but I have to confess that I am rooting for him big-time. I think I have an emotional investment in the guy because his family situation is so awful and I know he really needs a break. I also happen to think that, if and when healthy, he is still a quality receiver who can help the team a lot. It’s all about health with him. Some guys never really come back from ACL surgery. He may be one of them.

Ref Disappointed in TE’s . Heck if the coached just read 101 they would have known long ago we had 4 practice squad players as TEs. Dissapointed? Why? What is the old saying for computers Garbage in Garbage Out.

Watching our offensive line (incl TE’s) is like watching the ’64 Mets with three men on third base. You don’t know if you should laugh or cry.

The saddest part of it all is that this is a terrible way for TC to end his career. JR gives him trash and he is going to take the hit.

Oh I think he’s going to do fine. They’ll kick him upstairs. Make him the President of Football Operations … or some such bullsh1t thing. They’ll pay him a couple million. Chris $nee will be his assistant. But he’ll only get 1 million.

I saw there were 2 new players added to PS but what was also added is just for those 2 players is those players could have played 32 regular season games in the first 2 years. Basically it means James and Cox are guys that are eligible for those extra PS spots this year. It might change our team this year but it allows us great flexibility to keep 2 players that could help us this year. Being a James fan it would be nice to keep him around. Cox I think it deserving of a roster spot but with his PS eligibility and maybe adding a RB cut who adds some Wilson skill makes sense.